"So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect." (Matthew 5: 48).
"I give you a new commandment:
love one another as I have loved you." (John 13: 34).
We have above two seemingly impossible commands from our Lord in today's Liturgy.
"God saw all that he had made, and it was very good." (Genesis 1: 31).
Everything God is perfect. God created every human person unique and irrepeatable. My own perfection is unique to me. The perfection of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a singular gift for her alone.
With this insight, it is not impossible to be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect.
"O God, strength of those who hope in you, graciously hear our pleas,
and, since without you mortal frailty can do nothing, grant us always the help of your grace, that in following your commands we may please you by our resolve and our deeds.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son. Amen." (Collect: Tuesday in the 11th Week).
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